My Encounter with Other Birds
Every month or so, I come across some new species or existing species that I haven't encountered before. Here are some of the few species I encountered or observed their activities in a brief manner. Southern Coucals There are several Southern Coucals in our layout. Like the Babblers, they wake up early and call loudly to wake up other birds and of Course humans too. I have seen them busy foraging from one bush to another or from one tree to another during the daytime. One day, as I observed SC wandering around the meadow went go stock still when a grey mongoose suddenly came before it. The Coucal was on a bigger shrub. It was a bit terrified upon seeing the mammal. The mongoose tried its best to reach out to it. Coucal was a bit high and made sure the mongoose did not get at it. Finally, after some failed attempts to reach SC, the mongoose went away. On one summer day, one of the Southern Co...